Transtemporal ultrasound application potentially elevates brain temperature: Results of an anthropomorphic skull model

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-57

  Pfaffenberger, S ^a   Vyskocil, E ^a   Kollmann, C ^b   Unger, E ^b   Kaun, C ^a   Kastl, S ^a   Woeber, C ^a   Nawratil, G ^c   Huber, K ^d   Maurer, G ^a   Gottsauner Wolf, M ^a   Wojta, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MUW   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d WILHELMINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

brain; side effects; skull; temperature; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HEATING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HEATING; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873568866     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1313083     Document Type: Article

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